A West Sacramento man was arrested at gunpoint near downtown Woodland by an off-duty Yolo County sheriff's deputy when the man reportedly ran into the deputy's private vehicle and then became combative.

The wild episode started around 11:45 a.m. near the intersection of First and Court streets and ended up near Whittle and Whittle Real Estate, on Lincoln Avenue, according to Sheriff's Department spokesman Mark Persons.

Arrested was 34-year-old Arthur Lee Foster of West Sacramento, on suspicion of resisting a peace officer and violating parole. Foster was booked at the Yolo County Monroe Detention Center.

Persons reported the deputy - who was not identified - was driving his pickup, when Foster "intentionally" ran into him with a bicycle. "The deputy rolled down his window and asked the male to stop," Persons reported. "The male continued to ride his bike southbound on First and then west on Lincoln Avenue while the deputy followed."

Foster finally stopped on Lincoln, where the deputy tried to get him to look over his vehicle to see if there had been any damage.

"At this point the subject became agitated and began yelling," stated Persons. "The subject also picked up the bicycle and held it at chest level. The deputy tried to calm the subject and again said all he wanted them to do was determine if there was any damage to the truck. The subject again picked up the bicycle and started toward the deputy, as if preparing to strike him with it."

The deputy, believing he was going to hit get by Foster with the bicycle, pulls his firearm, identified himself, and ordered Foster to "drop the bicycle and to get on the ground."

"The subject put down the bike, but refused the deputy's orders to comply," according to Persons. "The subject then became physically resistive with the deputy trying to detain him. The deputy holstered his firearm and was finally able to physically detain the subject."